Formal State Dinner Canceled at APEC (King George was afraid)

[Florida_Geek]

OK that my take...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Downsized-Dinner.html

November 21, 2004
Formal State Dinner Canceled at APEC
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:18 a.m. ET

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Hours after President Bush dove into a fracas to rescue his lead Secret Service agent from a confrontation with Chilean security officials, word surfaced of another security dispute. This time, an elaborate state dinner Sunday night was the casualty.

The dinner planned for Bush and 200 others by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos was reportedly scrapped after Chile was unwilling to accept security measures sought by the U.S. Secret Service, including a demand that all guests pass through metal detectors.

Leading Chilean newspaper El Mercurio reported that the disagreement led Bush and Lagos to instead hold a small ``social dinner'' with a handful of aides from each side.

..more at AP

[Rose Siding]

1. Our prissy little thug doesn't rule the world yet?

Illuminating.

[havocmom]

2. once a Chicken Hawk, always a chicken

He just got a hint that his "mandate" does't mean squat beyond the bushbot population. Look for him to become invisible pronto.

[saigon68]

33. HE'S A COWARDLY DRAFT DODGER

I'd love to see him walk down any street in DC without his army of secret undercover "PROTECTORS".

[havocmom]

34. Bet ya a dollar he wouldn't walk down a street in Crawford

without his security!

How ya doin, saigon68?

[saigon68]

37. Totally disgusted lately

Irs Redux 1968 all over again

[havocmom]

39. Man, we are a species about on the brink, I think

and I find myself caring for the whole less and less. Individuals, I still worry about. ;) Take care and take your vitamins!

[DemoTex]

3. 'Small "social dinner'' with a handful of aides from each side.'

And lots of muscle with beaucoup firepower.

[Jo March]

4. Georgie doesn't realize just how many people hate him

Oh, I do so hope that he goes down hard and fast.

[belab13]

26. Quite the contrary... Dumbya is not so stupid as to not recognize this.

[dubyaD40web]

5. Chile refused when * demanded "loyalty oaths" n/t

[notadmblnd]

6. I don't think he is tough.. I think he's scared to death

when I heard about it, my first thought was that they were trying to separate the little chimps security from him for a reason. Perhaps so he could be arrested by the athorities?

[leesa]

13. That's a nice thought. I like it.

[MaineDem]

7. Wow, is this a first?

And I'm surprised this wasn't all worked out weeks in advance. That really surprises me and makes me think there's more to this that we aren't hearing.

[havocmom]

11. Is someone trying to serve him with papers?

That'd be way cool!

[UL_Approved]

8. If you can't stand the heat...

...then stay out of the kitchen. Or the dinner, whichever applies. I guess that Chile was too hot for him, eh?

[derby378]

9. But don't the Chileans hate us for our freedom? (n/t)

[KeepItReal]

27. I dunno, but I like them for their wines

Chilean Merlot... the best!! IMHO

:-)

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. This whole confrontation looks staged

If there was a real scuffle going on, do you think the other SS would let W get anywhere near it/ They should have tackled him to the floor if he tried to get in the way. There was no way to know what the scuffle was about and/or if there was a threat to the president.

The only reason that he would be allowed 'to break things up' while having it caught on film, is if Bush and his SS guys had planned to start the scuffle to begin with.

[chenGOD]

12. Exactly.

There is no way Bush is breaking up a fight between 2 presidential security guards. Those guys know how to fight, they ain't night watchmen.

Bush does however show a remarkable proclivity for falling off things.

[rodeodance]

15. "pleased at the macho image Saturday night's events "

Macho Bush!!!!! geech!! what next!!


.....Though clearly pleased at the macho image Saturday night's events painted of their boss, the White House kept its comments understated. ``The president is someone who tends to delegate, but every now and then he's a hands on kind of guy,'' Bush press secretary Scott McClellan said.

[Sabriel]

22. Well, the "Mission Accomplished" banner they unfurled tipped me off

They must haul it around with them everywhere they go.

[w4rma]

23. Staged? No. Exaggerated? Yes. (nt)

[leetrisck]

14. "dove into" - that's funny

he really dove in there, didn't he?

[barb162]

16. it doesn't bother me what he did as I remember JFK getting

killed riding in that open car and the horror of it and Reagan getting shot. And so many other presidents have gotten attempts on their lives.

[hippiechick]

19. Funny you mention those two things ...

as there are Bush-family ties to both assassinations/attempts.


:tinfoilhat:


:hippie:

[barb162]

21. didn't know that. But reading the original topic I just remember

bits of JFK's head being shot off and I think if security isn't good enough, don't do it. I wonder if JFK had not been riding in a convertible, if he would still be alive TODAY. He would be around 90 I think.

the Shrub family; I put nothing past that entire bunch.

[leftchick]

24. poppy is the only person over the age of 5 when JFK was killed

who can't recall where he was. hmmm....

[barb162]

29. now that sure is interesting

[alfredo]

30. But the people coming to the dinner were like bush, leaders of their

nation. Would a president or wife of a president do such a thing to bush? Would they risk the total annihilation of their country?

I think bush didn't want to be on equal terms with these people, or be in an unstructured environment where he may hear the truth.

[The Backlash Cometh]

17. He's going to have to rule from his ivory tower.

Looks like.

[hippiechick]

18. Oh, crikey, please ...

"...Hours after President Bush dove into a fracas to rescue his lead Secret Service agent ..."

They're trying to make him sound like friggin' Harrison Ford !!


:puke:


:hippie:

[Octafish]

20. Wuss.

During Vietnam, Bush hid.
During Selection 2000 Theft, Bush hid.
During 9-11 Bush hid.
During Campaign 2004 Smear, Bush hid.
During dinner, Bush hid.

W is for Wuss.

[truth2power]

25. I think you're right about the little emperor being afraid...

In "Bush on the Couch", the author says anxiety and chaos rage in Bush's brain. There's an enduring FEAR of the "Law of Talion" catching up with him. He knows (at an unconscious level) that he is responsible for so much death and destruction.

[Pithy Cherub]

28. Name one continent that * is welcome to visit.

n't

[acmavm]

31. Was there a film of the fracas where Macho Man bush* broke up the

fight? No one in the Chilean media was there? Was this a 'closed door' type of thing? And finally, was the whole thing started because of bush*s paranoia?

Do I believe it for a minute that bush* was the big hero? Hell no. I think this whole thing is hilarious. He wanted to make other heads of state or their security go through metal detectors? Geez, his dementia factor is heading for the stratosphere. Does he look more and more ridiculous by the day? Oh yeah. Can you imagine what kind of a joke he is to people in other governments? There's probably a whole bunch of bush* jokes going around in foreign countries that we'll never hear.

[Laelth]

35. For a while he was funny ...

... but he's not funny any more. Now I think the rest of the world is rightly afraid of him.

As am I. :scared:

-Laelth

[bvar22]

32. The guy who can't eat a pretzel or ride a bicycle...

...is gonna mix it up with professional bodyguards????

I don't think so!

[grasswire]

36. this man and his family...

...will be prisoners of his deeds for the rest of his life. He will NEVER be free again. NEVER. And when he dies a lonely death eventually, people will take numbers to pee on his grave. The man in the bubble.

[Chicago Democrat]

38. No Good AWOL Chicken Hawk Dry Drunk Cowardly Shithead....

(tell us how you really feel about it)

[Nancy Waterman]

40. He sounds more andmore like a Mafia Boss

walking around with his thugs and threatening everyone who opposes him at all.

[Contrary1]

41. I hope he drinks the water...